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INFORMATION ITEM <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Board of County Commissioners <br />Frank Clifton, Interim County Manager <br />From: Johnny Randall and Michelle Kempinski, Co-Chairs <br />Date: November 17, 2009 <br />Re: Recommendation for Discontinuing the Spraying of Herbicides <br />on Roadsides and Utility Rights-of-Way in Orange County <br />Over the past year the Orange County Commission for the Environment (CFE) has <br />considered the use of herbicides to manage the growth of vegetation along roadsides <br />and utility rights-of-way. The CFE has also discussed the value of those roadsides <br />and rights-of-way as habitat for native plants and wildlife. <br />The attached resolution, adopted by the CFE, recommends that all use of herbicides <br />to manage roadsides and rights-of-way in Orange County be discontinued, and that <br />mowing be reinstated as the sole means of managing unwanted growth of trees and <br />shrubs in those areas. <br />This resolution is a follow-up to a December 2006 memorandum to the Board of <br />Commissioners in which the CFE provided thoughts and recommendations on the <br />use of herbicides on roadsides and utility rights-of-way. A copy of that memorandum <br />is attached for your reference (Attachment 2). <br />Members of the Commission for the Environment (CFE) are available to answer any <br />questions and are willing to present its,recommendations at an upcoming Board of <br />Commissioners meeting. <br />Attachments <br />cor2cvLrissLovi, for the ~wvlrowvkewt <br />o% orgwge couwt~y s~cp <br />po gar X81 /.sa6 ~ Revere mad <br />HiCl560rougG, NC 2~2~g <br />~~~ 2-¢S2~D <br />